Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, Buckley Ebrey Patricia, Beck Roger

A History of World Societies, Volume 1

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Produktbeschreibung

Long praised by instructors and students for its accessible regional chapter structure, readability, and sustained attention to social history, the Twelfth Edition of A History of World Societies includes even more features and tools to engage todays students and save instructors time. This edition includes more help with historical thinking skills, an expanded primary source program in print and online, and the best and latest scholarship throughout. Achieve helps you do more than you can with print alone. Available on its own or packaged with the book at a steep discount, the Achieve platform is ready to use as is, or can be edited and customized with your own material and assigned right away. Developed with extensive feedback from history instructors and students, Achieve includes the complete, full color narrative e-textbook, as well as abundant primary documents, maps, images, assignments, tutorials, and activities. The aims of key learning outcomes are addressed via formative and summative assessment, short answer and essay questions, multiple choice quizzing, and LearningCurve, an adaptive learning tool designed to get students to read before they come to class. Available with training and support, Achieve can help you take your teaching to a new level.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Learning
• Twelfth Edition
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 213mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 1162g
• ISBN-13: 9781319302443
• ISBN-10: 1319302440
• Artikelnr.: 67979907

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Preface Versions and Supplements Maps, Figures, and Tables Special Features 1 The Earliest Human Societies to 2500 b.c.e. Evolution and Migration Understanding the Early Human Past
Hominin Evolution
Homo Sapiens, "Thinking Humans"
Migration and Differentiation Later Paleolithic Society, ca. 200,000-9000 b.c.e. Foraging for Food
Family and Kinship Relationships
Cultural Creations and Spirituality The Development of Agriculture in the Neolithic Era, ca. 9000 b.c.e. Plant Domestication and the Development of Horticulture
Animal Domestication and the Rise of Pastoralism
Plow Agriculture Neolithic Society Social Hierarchies and Slavery
Gender Hierarchies and Inheritance
Trade and Cross-Cultural Connections Chapter Summary MAKE Connections, LOOK AHEAD REVIEW AND EXPLORE Primary Source Features Analyze Visual Evidence Paleolithic Venus Figures Analyze Visual Evidence Bison and Human in Lascaux Cave Think Like a Historian Paleolithic Hand Markings Compare Viewpoints Calendar Megaliths in Egypt and England Individuals in Society The Iceman, A Neolithic Murder Victim 2 Complex Societies in Southwest Asia and the Nile Valley 3800-500 b.c.e. Writing, Cities, and States Written Sources and the Human Past
Cities and the Idea of Civilization
The Rise of States, Laws, and Social Hierarchies Mesopotamia from Sumer to Babylon Environmental Challenges, Irrigation, and Religion
Sumerian Politics and Society
Writing, Mathematics, and Poetry
Empires in Mesopotamia
Life Under Hammurabi The Egyptians The Nile and the God-King
Egyptian Society and Work
Migrations, Revivals, and Collapse
Iron and the Emergence of New States The Hebrews The Hebrew State
The Jewish Religion
Hebrew Family and Society The Assyrians and Persians Assyria, the Military Monarchy
The Rise and Expansion of the Persian Empire
The Religion of Zoroaster Chapter Summary MAKE Connections, LOOK AHEAD REVIEW AND EXPLORE Primary Source Features Analyze Written Evidence Hammurabi's Code on Marriage and Divorce Analyze Visual Evidence Egyptian Families Think Like a Historian Addressing the Gods Compare Viewpoints Babylonian and Hebrew Ideas of Rulers and Divine Favor Individuals in Society King Taharqa, Ruler of Kush and Egypt 3 The Foundation of Indian Society to 300 c.e. The Land and Its First Settlers, ca. 3000-1500 b.c.e. The Aryans During the Vedic Age, ca. 1500-500 b.c.e. Aryan Dominance in North India
Life in Early India
Brahmanism India's Great Religions Jainism
Siddhartha Gautama and Buddhism
Hinduism Western Contact and the Mauryan Unification of North India, ca. 513-185 b.c.e. Encounters with the West
Chandragupta and the Founding of the Mauryan Empire
The Reign of Ashoka, ca. 269-232 b.c.e. Small States and Trading Networks, 185 b.c.e.-300 c.e. Chapter Summary MAKE Connections, LOOK AHEAD REVIEW AND EXPLORE Primary Source Features Analyze Written Evidence Conversations Between Rama and Sita from the Ramayana Analyze Visual Evidence Gandharan Frieze Depicting the Buddha's Enlightenment Think Like A Historian Harappan Artifacts Compare Viewpoints Divine Martial Prowess in India and Sumer Individuals in Society Sudatta, Lay Follower of the Buddha 4 China's Classical Age to 221 b.c.e. The Emergence of Civilization in China The Impact of Geography
Early Agricultural Societies of the Neolithic Age The Shang Dynasty, ca. 1500-1050 b.c.e. Shang Society
Bronze Metalworking
The Development of Writing The Early Zhou Dynasty, ca. 1050-400 b.c.e. Zhou Politics
Life During the Zhou Dynasty The Warring States Period, 403-221 b.c.e. New Technologies for War
The Victorious States Confucius and His Followers Confucius
The Spread of Confucian Ideas Daoism, Legalism, and Other Schools of Thought Daoism
Legalism
The Workings of Nature Chapter Summary MAKE Connections, LOOK AHEAD REVIEW AND EXPLORE Primary Source Features Analyze Written Evidence The Teachings of Confucius Analyze Visual Evidence Inscribed Bamboo Slips Think Like A Historian Ideas About the Divine Realm Compare Viewpoints The Inglorious Side of War in the Book of Songs and the Patirruppattu Individuals in Society Li Bing, Water-Works Expert 5 The Greek Experience 3500-30 b.c.e. Greece in the Bronze Age and the "Dark Age," ca. 3000-800 b.c.e. The Minoans and Mycenaeans
The "Dark Age" The Development of the Polis in the Archaic Age, ca. 800-500 b.c.e. Organization of the Polis
Overseas Expansion and Trade
The Growth of Sparta
The Evolution of Athens Turmoil and Culture in the Classical Period, 500-338 b.c.e. The Deadly Conflicts, 499-404 b.c.e.
Athenian Arts in the Age of Pericles
Social Hierarchies and Sexual Relations
Public and Personal Religion
The Development of Philosophy Hellenistic Society, 323-30 b.c.e. From Polis to Monarchy, 404-200 b.c.e.
Building a Hellenized Society
The Hellenistic Economy Hellenistic Religion, Philosophy, and Science Religion in the Hellenistic World
Philosophy and Its Guidance for Life
Hellenistic Science and Medicine Chapter Summary MAKE Connections, LOOK AHEAD REVIEW AND EXPLORE Primary Source Features Analyze Written Evidence Homer's Iliad Analyze Visual Evidence The Acropolis of Athens Think Like a Historian Gender Roles in Classical Athens Compare Viewpoints Hellenistic and Chinese Spells Individuals in Society Archimedes, Scientist and Inventor 6 The World of Rome ca. 1000 b.c.e.-400 c.e. The Romans in Italy The Etruscans
The Founding of Rome
The Roman Conquest of Italy
The Roman State
Social Conflict in Rome Roman Expansion and Its Repercussions Overseas Conquests and the Punic Wars, 264-133 b.c.e.
New Influences and Old Values in Roman Culture
The Late Republic and the Rise of Augustus, 133-27 b.c.e.
The Successes of Augustus Rome and the Provinces Political and Military Changes in the Empire
Life in Imperial Rome
Prosperity and Problems in the Roman Provinces
Eastward Expansion and Contacts Between Rome and China The Coming of Christianity Factors Behind the Rise of Christianity
The Life and Teachings of Jesus
The Spread of Christianity
The Growing Acceptance and Evolution of Christianity Turmoil and Reform Political Measures
Economic Issues
The Acceptance of Christianity Chapter Summary MAKE Connections, LOOK AHEAD REVIEW AND EXPLORE Primary Source Features Analyze Written Evidence The Edict of Toleration and the Edict of Milan Analyze Visual Evidence The Temple of Hercules Victory Think Like a Historian Army and Empire Compare Viewpoints Roman and Chinese Officials Confront Natural Disasters Individuals in Society Cleopatra, Ruler and Sex Symbol 7 East Asia and the Spread of Buddhism 221 b.c.e.-845 c.e. The Age of Empire in China: The Qin and Han Dynasties The Qin Unification, 221-206 b.c.e.
The Han Dynasty, 206 b.c.e.-220 c.e.
Han Intellectual and Cultural Life
Inner Asia and the Silk Road
Life in Han China
China and Rome
The Fall of the Han and the Age of Division The Spread of Buddhism Out of India Buddhism's Path Through Central Asia
The Appeal and Impact of Buddhism in China The Chinese Empire Re-created: The Sui and Tang Dynasties The Sui Dynasty, 581-618
The Tang Dynasty, 618-907
Tang Culture The East Asian Cultural Sphere Vietnam
Korea
Japan Chapter Summary MAKE Connections, LOOK AHEAD REVIEW AND EXPLORE Primary Source Features Analyze Written Evidence Sixth-Century Biographies of Buddhist Nuns Analyze Visual Evidence H
ry
ji Temple Think Like A Historian Who Made the Chinese Silks Found Along the Silk Road? Compare Viewpoints Coping with Epidemics in Japan and Byzantium Individuals in Society The Ban Family, a Tale of Three Siblings 8 Continuity and Change in Europe and Western Asia 250-850 The Byzantine Empire Sources of Byzantine Strength
The Sassanid Empire and Conflicts with Byzantium
Justinian's Code of Law
Byzantine Learning and Science
Life in Constantinople The Growth of the Christian Church The Evolution of Church Leadership and Orthodoxy
The Western Church and the Eastern Church
Christian Monasticism Christian Ideas and Practices Christianity and Classical Culture
Saint Augustine on Sin, Grace, and Redemption
The Iconoclastic Controversy Migrating Peoples Movement Patterns
Economic and Social Structures
Tribes, Warriors, and Laws Christian Missionaries and Conversion Missionaries' Actions
The Process of Conversion Frankish Rulers and Their Territories The Merovingians and Carolingians
The Warrior-Ruler Charlemagne Chapter Summary MAKE Connections, LOOK AHEAD REVIEW AND EXPLORE Primary Source Features Analyze Written Evidence The Capitulary de Villis Analyze Visual Evidence Orthodox Icon of Jesus Think Like a Historian Slavery in Roman and Germanic Society Compare Viewpoints Roman and Byzantine Views of Barbarians Individuals in Society Theodora of Constantinople, Actress and Empress 9 The Islamic World 600-1400 The Origins of Islam Society and Culture in the Arabian Peninsula
Muhammad's Rise as a Religious and Political Leader
The Teachings of Islam The Expansion of Islam Islam's Spread Beyond Arabia
The Shi'a/Sunni Split and the Umayyad Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate
The Environmental Impact of Islamic Expansion Fragmentation and Military Challenges, 900-1400 Breakaway Territories and Shi'a Gains
The Ascendancy of the Turks
The Mongol Invasions Muslim Society The Social Hierarchy
Slavery
Women in Islamic Society
Sexuality and Marriage Cultural Developments The Cultural Centers of Baghdad and Córdoba
Education
Cultural and Intellectual Life
The Mystical Tradition of Sufism Trade and Cross-cultural Interactions Trade and Commerce
Muslim-Christian Encounters Chapter Summary MAKE Connections, LOOK AHEAD REVIEW AND EXPLORE Primary Source Features Analyze Written Evidence Towns and Travel in the Western Sahara Analyze Visual Evidence The Court of the Lions at the Alhambra Think Like a Historian The Risks and Rewards of Indian Ocean Seaborne Trade Compare Viewpoints The Muslim Conquest of Spain Individuals in Society Ibn Battuta, World Traveler 10 African Societies and Kingdoms 1000 b.c.e.-1500 c.e. The Land and Peoples of Africa Early African Societies Agriculture and Its Impact
Bantu Migrations
Life in the Kingdoms of the Western Sudan, ca. 1000 b.c.e.-800 c.e. The Trans-Saharan Trade The Berbers of North Africa
Effects of Trade on West African Society
The Spread of Islam in Africa African Kingdoms and Empires, ca. 800-1500 The Kingdom of Ghana, ca. 900-1100
The Kingdom of Mali, ca. 1200-1450
Ethiopia: The Christian Kingdom of Aksum
The East African City-States
Southern Africa and Great Zimbabwe Chapter Summary MAKE Connections, LOOK AHEAD REVIEW AND EXPLORE Primary Source Features Analyze Written Evidence A Tenth-Century Muslim Traveler Describes Parts of the East African Coast Analyze Visual Evidence The Queen of Sheba and King Solomon Think Like a Historian Great Zimbabwe Compare Viewpoints Early Descriptions of the East African Coast Individuals in Society King Ezana, Christian Ruler of Aksum 11 The Americas To 1500 c.e. Societies of the Americas in a Global Context Trade and Technology
Settlement and Environment Ancient Societies Olmec Agriculture, Technology, and Religion
Hohokam, Hopewell, and Mississippian Societies
Climate Change and North American Societies
Kinship and Ancestors in the Andes The Incas The Inca Model of Empire
Inca Imperial Expansion
Imperial Needs and Obligations The Maya and Teotihuacan Maya Agriculture and Trade
Maya Science and Religion
Teotihuacan and the Toltecs The Aztec Empire The Mexica: From Vassals to Rulers
Life in the Aztec Empire
The Limits of the Aztec Empire American Empires and the Encounter The Last Day of the Aztecs
The Fall of the Incas Chapter Summary make Connections, look ahead REVIEW AND EXPLORE Primary Source Features Analyze Written Evidence Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, The First New Chronicle and Good Government Analyze Visual Evidence The Maya Calendar Think Like a Historian Feathers, Snakes, and Humans Compare Viewpoints Inca and Spanish Views on Religion, Authority, and Tribute Individuals in Society Tlacaelel, Architect of Empire 12 States and Cultures in East Asia 800-1400 The Medieval Chinese Economic Revolution, 800-1100 China During the Song, Liao, and Jin Dynasties, 960-1232 The Song Dynasty and its Northern Rivals
The Scholar-Officials and Neo-Confucianism
Women's Lives in Song Times
Environmental Crises Korea Under the Goryeo Dynasty, 935-1392 Japan's Heian Period, 794-1185 Fujiwara Rule
Aristocratic Culture The Samurai and the Kamakura Shogunate, 1185-1333 Military Rule
Cultural and Economic Trends Chapter Summary MAKE Connections, LOOK AHEAD REVIEW AND EXPLORE Primary Source Features Analyze Written Evidence Kamo no Chomei on Calamities Witnessed Analyze Visual Evidence Ma Yuan's Painting On a Mountain Path in Spring Think Like a Historian When and Why Did Foot Binding Begin? Compare Viewpoints Painters of Uncanny Skill in China and Rome Individuals in Society Shen Gua, Polymath 13 Cultural Exchange in Central and Southern Asia 300-1400 Central Asian Nomads Nomadic Society
The Turks
The Mongols Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Empire Chinggis Khan
Chinggis's Successors
The Mongols as Rulers East-West Communication During the Mongol Era The Movement of Peoples
The Spread of Disease, Goods, and Ideas India, Islam, and the Development of Regional Cultures, 300-1400 The Gupta Empire, ca. 320-480
India's Medieval Age and the First Encounter with Islam
The Delhi Sultanate
Life in Medieval India Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the Growth of Maritime Trade State Formation and Indian Influences
The Srivijayan Maritime Trade Empire
The Spread of Indian Culture in Comparative Perspective
The Settlement of the Pacific Islands Chapter Summary MAKE Connections, LOOK AHEAD REVIEW AND EXPLORE Primary Source Features Analyze Written Evidence The Abduction of Women in The Secret History of the Mongols Analyze Visual Evidence Bayan Relief at Angkor Thom Think Like a Historian The Mongol Army Compare Viewpoints The Mongols' Adoption of Paper Money Individuals in Society Bana, Romance Writer 14 Europe and Western Asia in the Middle Ages 800-1450 Political Developments Invasions and Migrations
"Feudalism" and Serfdom
The Restoration of Order
Law and Justice The Christian Church Papal Reforms
Monastic Life
Popular Religion
The Expansion of Western and Eastern Christianity The Crusades Background and Motives
The Course of the Crusades
Consequences of the Crusades The Life of the People The Life and Work of Peasants
The Life and Work of Nobles
Towns, Cities, and the Growth of Commercial Interests
The Expansion of Trade and the Commercial Revolution Learning and Culture Universities and Scholasticism
Cathedrals and a New Architectural Style
Vernacular Literature and Drama Crises of the Later Middle Ages The Little Ice Age and the Black Death
The Hundred Years' War
Challenges to the Christian Church
Peasant and Urban Revolts Chapter Summary MAKE Connections, LOOK AHEAD REVIEW AND EXPLORE Primary Source Features Analyze Written Evidence Courtly Love Poetry Analyze Visual Evidence The Battle of Nicopolis Think Like a Historian Christian and Muslim Views of the Crusades Compare Viewpoints Italian and English Views of the Plague Individuals in Society Hildegard of Bingen, Abbess, Mystic, and Composer 15 Europe in the Renaissance and Reformation 1350-1600 Renaissance Culture Wealth and Power in Renaissance Italy
The Rise of Humanism
Christian Humanism
Printing and Its Social Impact
Art and the Artist Social Hierarchies Race and Slavery
Wealth and the Nobility
Gender Roles Politics and the State in the Renaissance Warfare, Money, and Mining
France
England
Spain
The Habsburgs The Protestant Reformation Criticism of the Church
Martin Luther
Protestant Thought and Its Appeal
The Radical Reformation and the German Peasants' War
Marriage and Women's Roles
The Reformation and German Politics
England's Shift Toward Protestantism
Calvinism and Its Moral Standards The Catholic Reformation Papal Reforms and the Council of Trent
New Religious Orders Religious Violence French Religious Wars
Civil Wars in the Netherlands
The Great European Witch-Hunt Chapter Summary MAKE Connections, LOOK AHEAD REVIEW AND EXPLORE Primary Source Features Analyze Written Evidence Martin Luther, On Christian Liberty Analyze Visual Evidence Woodcuts from Agricola's De re metallica Think Like a Historian Humanist Learning Compare Viewpoints Chinese and European Views on Proper Behavior Individuals in Society Leonardo da Vinci, Artist, Inventor, Genius 16 The Acceleration of Global Contact 1450-1600 The Afro-Eurasian Trade World The Trade World of the Indian Ocean
Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia
Muslim Influences and African Trade
Genoese and Venetian Middlemen The European Voyages of Discovery Causes of European Expansion
Technology and the Rise of Exploration
The Portuguese in Africa and Asia
Spain's Voyages to the Americas
Spain "Discovers" the Pacific
Early Exploration by Northern European Powers Conquest and Settlement Spanish Conquest of the Aztec and Inca Empires
Portuguese Brazil
Colonial Administration
Economic Exploitation of the Indigenous Population
Patterns of Settlement The Era of Global Contact Population Loss and the Ecological Impacts of Contact
Sugar and Early Transatlantic Slavery
Spanish Silver and Its Economic Effects
The Birth of the Global Economy Changing Attitudes and Beliefs Religious Conversion
European Debates About Indigenous Peoples
New Ideas About Race Chapter Summary MAKE Connections, LOOK AHEAD REVIEW AND EXPLORE Primary Source Features Analyze Written Evidence Columbus Describes His First Voyage Analyze Visual Evidence Depictions of Africans in European Portraiture Think Like a Historian Who Was Doña Marina? Compare Viewpoints Aztec and Spanish Views on Christian Conversion in New Spain Individuals in Society Catarina de San Juan, Former Slave and Popular Saint